Aj Anwar

if it is about rain
the case you want to raise
suffice it to whisper ‘water' to my ear
chanting about the ocean or hurricane unneeded
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Avid
Creative
Rendering
Of
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He shifted his life gear
to the N position,
to sidestep
the course
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love dwells
in his eyes

not on any other
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just less words and that is enough
then pour a great deal of silence and time
like putting an egg into a hatching machine
wisdom is but patience for the waiting
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the wicked are always
the most persistent in their
endeavors for wrong reasons
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people of the tropical lands on the snow
lumping, wrapped in thick winter jackets
enduring the cold season down to the marrow
only the feeling of excitement delivered warmth
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[- -of Jakarta]

There are no birds in the big city
except for the ugly and the mute and they are very few
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when timestamp removed
the world appears anew

when everything is labeled
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Will I see you there
if I poke my head
over those rickety fences
will you be smiling
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cries, loud cries
the innocence enduring pain
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wasted words in excess
excrement of feculent mind
~shake them off
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the things we know
all things we don't
breadth of the universe
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find your poetry for it is love

share the spirit the power

forgo the politics of words

the intrigues of vanity even more
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they are so young so talented
what the older do they do better
they skip the adage of age and wisdom
they set for higher benchmarks
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"like a toad
under a half-split
coconut shell, "
so our proverb says
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half-baked heart
posing as poetry
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big talks
to my ears
tasteless
what a waste
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